Easy Roasted Balsamic Green Beans

Today has been one busy day…go, go, go. It doesn’t look like I will get a breather until Sunday, so I am going to have to charge up on lots of Green Monsters until then.

I headed out for a quick run on my lunch break today…and boy did I regret waiting that long when I got out there! It was hot and sunny…not a cloud in that sky! My objective today was to play it by ear and see how I felt. If I was too hot, I would come home…if I felt good, I would keep going. I find when you workout outdoors in the summer is it always good to remain flexible!

The run:

Distance: 4 miles

Time: 34:01

Avg pace: 8:29 min/mile

Mile Splits:

Mile 1: 8:59

Mile 2: 8:26

Mile 3: 8:22

Mile 4: 8:07

I was so happy with this run, but boy did I want to get home and shower. Coldish showers after a super hot run are one of my favourite things.

Directions: Preheat oven to 400F. Wash and trim green beans. Place on a baking sheet. Drizzle oil on beans and mix with hands. Next drizzle the vinegar, sea salt, and pepper and mix well with hands. Bake for about 25 minutes until slightly brown ends appear.

Before going into the oven…

After about 25 mins:

The Apple Cider Vinegar I used:

I had the balsamic green beans with couscous and homemade authentic Italian tomato sauce!!!!!

Incroyable!

Eric was given this sauce in addition to the bounty of veggies from his coworker’s in laws. Apparently they have an entire room full of bottled tomato sauce! LOL. I love it. I really love it. I think I might have to move there.

All that is in it is tomatoes, onions, sea salt, herbs, and olive oil. It tastes so authentic…because it is!

I am thinking about asking them for the recipe, but I think it’s one of those things where if they told me they would have to kill me. lol.

These balsamic green beans rocked my socks!!!!

I can’t believe I have never cooked them like this before.

Crunchy with a hint of salt and vinegar chips! ;)

Tonight, I have about 1 hour’s worth of shipping to do, cleaning, and hopefully read Eat Pray Love! I still have not had a chance to read in almost a week now. Very sad. Last night I was up til midnight replying to emails, but tonight I vow to have some reading time. I miss that book! And our discussions. =)

See you tomorrow morning for my newest quick and easy power snack recipe!

If I eat veggies (ok, which is rare) I always roast them in balsamic! It is so delicious. My favorites are red peppers roasted in balsamic. And by favorite I mean I can choke them down with some pasta, bacon or cheese.

I love a good roasted green bean! Yum :) And there is nothing like homemade tomato sauce. It’s the BEST!! I almost always make my own because most of the sauces that come in the jars are full of high fructose corn syrup – blech :P

I hope you get a chance to read!! You’re a hard workin’ gal who needs some “me” time

Those green beans look really good. Crunchy + salty+ vinegar = perfect. I think even if you got the recipe it wouldn’t be as good. Sometimes when I try to use a recipe it never comes out as good as if the original person made it.

Can’t wait to hear the new recipe! I need a new power snack, my celery sticks dipped in peanut butter just isn’t cutting it anymore.
I’ve never been a green bean, or veggie lover. After reading your blog, I somehow find myself eating more veggies. You make them look too good! lol. :)

i’m wondering, do you make a schedule for yourself on the weekdays? you might have done a post on this before but i’m not sure. since you work from home, i feel like you don’t really have a “lunch break”, because you can just go in the kitchen and eat whenever you want! :) so do you make a schedule with a time to wake up, time to start working, lunch break, work, snack, end of work day?
thanks!

I hope you get time to read tonight. I just bought Eat, Pray, Love and can’t wait to get it started! Unfortunately I have a few others that a friend lent me that I feel I should read first. I also picked up a book called “A Thousand Splendid Suns” by Khaled Hosseini, who wrote The Kite Runner. Someone told me I would cry for days, but that it’s an amazing book – just in case you’re looking for another to read in the future!

I’m so glad you posted this recipe. It would’ve NEVER occurred to me to eat green beans like this. Even though I eat mostly raw vegan, I have a few favorite cooked veggie dishes (Brendan Brazier’s yam fries, for instance. Or gobs of sauteed onions). This is right up my alley! I’ve been avoiding green beans because I don’t like them raw. I’m looking to broaden the cooked repertoire for the cold months, too…hopefully I’ll love this and be adding it to the list.

Love roasted veggies but haven’t tried green beans. Great recipe! Have you tried coconut water vinegar? I just got some in the mail and for some reason that sounds good with green beans. Will have to try it!